Author Topic: F8f (Read 4370 times)

Jumanji · « **on:** March 19, 2005, 09:00:58 PM »

This has probably been asked already, but are there any plans for Bearcats in AH?

Thanks

Jnuk · « **Reply #1 on:** March 19, 2005, 09:06:48 PM »

no f8f,but this is the next aircraft to be modeled

this

6GunUSMC · « **Reply #2 on:** March 19, 2005, 11:02:16 PM »

F8F was deployed to at least one carrier in the pacific before wars end, but none saw any known combat. As a side-note the same can be said for the 3-canon LA-7 but wo have it... go figure!

Kweassa · « **Reply #3 on:** March 19, 2005, 11:18:26 PM »

3-cannon La-7s saw combat.

Heretik · « **Reply #4 on:** March 19, 2005, 11:42:43 PM »

^ Yeah. All both of em.

Slurpee · « **Reply #5 on:** March 20, 2005, 12:11:54 AM »

i dont think its really about wheather it saw combat or not as much as wheather it was deployd in ww2 that makes it a ww2 usuable plane.

Since it was deployd during ww2, i think it counts as a ww2 aircraft, youll find them in plenty of ww2 books.

Sepcially sence were talkin about MA usable stuff, F8f would actually be used and stand a chance in the MA environment, give it a perk and add it. At least itll be used.

TBolt A-10 · « **Reply #6 on:** March 20, 2005, 01:09:30 AM »

I wanna Bearcat.

Kweassa · « **Reply #7 on:** March 20, 2005, 01:20:46 AM »

So a plane that has never seen WW2 combat at all, and missed out on the entire 6 year war except maybe a few patrol sorties in the last days, should 'count' as a WW2 plane and make its appearance as a competitve MA plane(albeit heavy perks)?

In that case, what's to stop people from arguing that the planes that were designed and almost went into prototype and production phases before the war ended should be also included in the "WW2 plane" category?

Salamanders and Huckebeins anyone?

Ecliptik · « **Reply #8 on:** March 20, 2005, 01:30:35 AM »

I think while one squadron actually received its Bearcats before VJ day, they were still in transit and not actually deployed yet when Japan surrendered.

So if the only requirement for being a WW2 plane is deployment to active duty, the F8F doesn't make it, sadly. I would have liked to see this one, as well as the Tigercat.

BaDkaRmA158Th · « **Reply #9 on:** March 20, 2005, 01:54:48 AM »

Didnt the F8f have the ability to go from stop to 30k faster than any other ww2 aircraft?

if my jacked up brain is correct, i think it held the record climb rate untill the f-15 eagle beat it.

or something.

Redd · « **Reply #10 on:** March 20, 2005, 02:24:17 AM »

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Originally posted by Kweassa
So a plane that has never seen WW2 combat at all, and missed out on the entire 6 year war except maybe a few patrol sorties in the last days, should 'count' as a WW2 plane and make its appearance as a competitve MA plane(albeit heavy perks)?

In that case, what's to stop people from arguing that the planes that were designed and almost went into prototype and production phases before the war ended should be also included in the "WW2 plane" category?

Salamanders and Huckebeins anyone?

why not ? - let's have them all eventually , a perked Bearcat is no bigger impact on the MA than having 262's running around

Kweassa · « **Reply #11 on:** March 20, 2005, 02:52:00 AM »

But some people fly AH because they like to think that they're experiencing something that at least resembles the intensity and aura of WW2 skies. AH isn't just about any vintage planes - it's about vintage planes that flew and fought in the skies of Europe and the Pacific.

I'm in it because AH is based on the WW2 theme, and its the best in the market. If it loses that merit and turns into a "The Secret Weapons of the blahblah..." game, I'm not sure I'd like to fly AH anymore.

Redd · « **Reply #12 on:** March 20, 2005, 03:12:51 AM »

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Originally posted by Kweassa
But some people fly AH because they like to think that they're experiencing something that at least resembles the intensity and aura of WW2 skies. AH isn't just about any vintage planes - it's about vintage planes that flew and fought in the skies of Europe and the Pacific.

I'm in it because AH is based on the WW2 theme, and its the best in the market. If it loses that merit and turns into a "The Secret Weapons of the blahblah..." game, I'm not sure I'd like to fly AH anymore.

Well a Bearcat is hardly SWOTL

The MA resembles the intensity and aura of WW2 skies ? lol - point me towards that MA , must be a different one to the one I fly in

Howitzer · « **Reply #13 on:** March 20, 2005, 03:39:40 AM »

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Originally posted by Redd
Well a Bearcat is hardly SWOTL

The MA resembles the intensity and aura of WW2 skies ? lol - point me towards that MA , must be a different one to the one I fly in

I tend to agree with Redd here... the f8f was built to participate in the war, and it was designed to play a significant role in WWII specifically. Just because the bad guys surrendered before it could've been used widely doesn't mean it should be considered out of scope. I think its a perfect contender for a perked ride, and one that you can lift from a CV. I can see the King Tiger in about the same way. If we had a more diverse GV selection, a king tiger would be the ultimate perk gv ride. But the tiger has such a dominance now that the king tiger would be overkill.

I think anything that made it into field during WWII time span and was going into mass production before the war ended should be considered in the plane set. Just my opinion

BaDkaRmA158Th · « **Reply #14 on:** March 20, 2005, 03:49:37 AM »

I agree Howitzer.

1,266 made, altho most after ww2, and into the 50's
the damn thing had a 30% better climb rate than the Hellcat!
R2800 engine, fited to the lightest smallest airframe that could be built.

"Dry humps the air" Gimmie Gimmie!